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#411515 1-Dec-2010 10:07

ArtooDetoo:

Wow, you posh thing.
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#411533 1-Dec-2010 10:44

I'm contemplating selling my phone if i can't sort out my battery issues. For now switching between batteries (1 oem, 2 chinese) is starting to become irritating.

All comments are my own opinion, and not that of my employer unless explicitly stated.

01EG

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#411540 1-Dec-2010 10:59

I am at 13% after 38h35m - 98% its on standby/idle:

Cell Standby 44%
Phone Idle 32%
Display 12%
Android system 5%
Android OS 4%
Maps 3%
wifi on
GPS on

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#411545 1-Dec-2010 11:19

lokhor: I'm contemplating selling my phone if i can't sort out my battery issues. For now switching between batteries (1 oem, 2 chinese) is starting to become irritating.

I can understand why, but it doesn't appear to me to be the phone, or at least not conclusively until you've tried another battery.

Do you personally know anyone else with a SGS that would let you borrow their battery? Which assumes they get better life out of theirs.

I think you need to try another battery, one where it is providing the sorts of performance you'd expect.

Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900I

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#411562 1-Dec-2010 11:49

I don't know anyone with a battery I can borrow. I have 3 batteries and all of them perform poorly with the chinese ones the worst performers.

My current battery life:
70%
12h59m since unplugged

Display @ 71% with 43m40s Time on
Cell Standby 19% with 0% time without signal
Phone Idle 9% Time on 12h16m
Wifi 2% Time on 48m5s

All comments are my own opinion, and not that of my employer unless explicitly stated.

oxnsox

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#411569 1-Dec-2010 12:01

Just a thought folks.... but if the display is the biggest user. How many of you have it set to max?
I find that indoors I don't need max and use about 40%. And outside , in direct sunlight, the screen is generally unreadable no matter what brightness, so I simply throw a shadow on it... and it can still be readable then when not maxed out.

(Actually on some handsets, like a Magic, if you get sunlight directly on the screen they can be more readable. But this is a function of the transflective property of the display.)

lokhor

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#411576 1-Dec-2010 12:13

I turn brightness to 0% indoors, 100% when outdoors in bright sunlight and on the SGS it is fully visible outdoors.

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tombrownzz

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#411636 1-Dec-2010 14:46

is there an android app that can stop the battery from running from the charger when the battery is full?

oxnsox

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#411637 1-Dec-2010 14:47

OK so can you get away with 95% outdoors?

Guess thats the point I'm trying to make... it's easy to push it up to 100 when 85-90 or 95% will do. And since thats your biggest power consumer you're saving, and extending battery life, with a simple change.

(Haven't played with and SGS but know Galaxy 580 and Desire aren't visible in direct full on sunlight without shading)

lokhor

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#411643 1-Dec-2010 15:12

Yeah could probably do 80% or so I just use the notification bar slider brightness thing that the SGS has. Most of the time I am indoors with 0% brightness and my battery life is appalling. It seems I am alone though and may just have faulty batteries.

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fallen

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#411674 1-Dec-2010 17:18

I am at 66% after 10h57m

Display 56%
Cell standby 19%
Phone Idle 12%
Android System 4%
Internet 3%

lokhor

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#411686 1-Dec-2010 17:45

How much screen time was that?

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fallen

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#411688 1-Dec-2010 17:50

lokhor: How much screen time was that?

1hr 30, brightness set to automatic.

fallen

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#411846 1-Dec-2010 23:14

fallen: I am at 66% after 10h57m

Display 56%
Cell standby 19%
Phone Idle 12%
Android System 4%
Internet 3%

15% after 16h 52m
Display 60% (time on 3h 32m)
Cell standby 13%
Voice calls 11%
Phone Idle 8%

Background data on and Autosync on. Will post results again this time background data and autosync off.

lokhor

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#411892 2-Dec-2010 07:42

Hey fallen what device/firmware are you running?

Btw here's my latest stats:
48% after 15h22m
Display 81% (Time on 1h19m)
Cell Standby 10% (0% time without signal)
Phone Idle 4%
Endomondo 2% (went for a 30 minute walk)
Wifi 2%

This is on one of my chinese batteries. Screen appears to have such a huge usage it's insane, that's on the lowest brightness for nearly the entire time as well.

All comments are my own opinion, and not that of my employer unless explicitly stated.

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